Abdominal belt or supporter.



A. B. KBNDRIGK.

ABDOMINAL BELT on sUPPoBTBn.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 3, 1808.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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ABDoMINAL BELT on suPPonTBR.

APPLICATION IILHD OCT 3 1908 947,412. Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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ABDOMINAL BELT OR SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. .25, 1.910.

Application filed October 3, 1908. Serial No. 456,083.

To all L12/ront 'it may convent."

Be it known that I, An'rilou Il. Kanarien, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at East- Orange, in the county otl Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Abdominal Belts or Supporters, ot which the 'Following is a specification.

'lhis invention relates to abdominal belts or supporters, the object being to provide an elastic belt or supporter ot.' simple and etlieientconstruction which may be readily adapted to the wearer, and which may be worn with ease and eom'tort.

A further object ot the invention is to provide a belt having` a main body portion provided with 'tashioning strips adapted to overlap and be attached to the main body portion, said body portion and 'lashioning strips having elastic threads extending continuously therethrough and woven into a fabric ot' knitted threads.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ot' parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

Figure 1 is a view ot' one halt ot my improved abdominal belt or supporter, both halves being alike. Fig. 2 is a view ot a blank or main body ot' elastic fabric from which the belt is constructed. Figs. 3, t, and 5 are views of a portion oli the blank shown in Fig.I 2, enlarged, showing sucressive steps in the production thereot', ltig. t3 is a vertical section, as on the line tS-A--t' of Fig. 4L.

l designates the main body portion ot the beltor supporter, and 2 the Ytaslnonlngl strips therefor. The main body portion t and fashioning strips 2 are constructed trom a piece of elastic fabric comprising' longitudinal elastic threads woven into a network ot knitted threads, as will be hereinat'ter described. Tho central portion f3 ot the main body portion l is wider than the end portions 4 thereof, and the tashioning strips 2 extend from the widened central portion 3 t of the body portion l and tortn continuations thereof. The main body portion l is provided with a central stay or stitl'eningl ieee 5, and lateral stays or stiti'ening pieces g, one on each side of the central piece These stays 5 and 7 are sewed 011 to the main body portion l and each lateral stay 7 inelines upwardly away from the central stay 5, the lower portion of each lateral stay being secured to the main body portion l at the junction ot the widened portion 3 thereot' and a 'tashoning strip 2. Sewed on to each end ot tht` main body portion l, is a. finishing piece S, which may be ot leather or any suitable material, the outer edge ot which is provided with eyelets t) for the reception ot a lacingl by means ot which the two ends ot the belt may be drawn together upon the wearer. fltlach t'ashioning strip 2 overlaps the main body l, as shown in Fig. l. rl`he 'tree end ot each 'tashitming strip :i has sewed thereon a tinishing piece lt), which may be ot leather or any suitable material. 'I`his piece lt) is provided with a series ot. eyes ll, any one ott which is adapted to engage a button or pro` jection l2 on the finishing piece S ot' the main body portion. lly engaging ditlleren eyes .ll with the button or projection l2. the degree ot fullness ot the main body portion between the ends ot. the fastening pietre may be regulated, to meet the varying requirements ot the wearer olf the belt.

I have found thatby providingan abdominal belt or supporter ot' the construetion hereinbetore described, many ot the disadvantages oil prior constructions where.- in the beltl is Afashioned by shirring or otherwise reducing the width of the ends below that ot` the central portion, are obviated. and a substantially smooth, comfortably 'fashioned belt is provided, which may be adjusted as previously i'nentioned.

ln constructii'ig my in'iproved abdominal belt or supporter, .l employ a blank ot' the 't'orm shown in Fig. 2, wherein l is the main body portion ol the belt, and 2 the 'fashioning strips thereitor` The central portion 3 of the body portion l is wider than the end portions -t thereof, and Atashioning strips 2 extend itrom the widened central portion 3 ol. the body portion 1l and torm continuations thereof, as shown. This blank is lormed ot' longitudinally extending elastic threads 13, which are woven into a network of knitted stitches (not shown in Fig. 2, but shown, very much enlarged, in Figs. 3, it, 5, and and indicated at 1T, said tgures showing the fabric at the point marked A in Fig. 2). The elastic threads l5 extend continuously and uninterraptedly through the fashioning strips 2 and the central widened portion 3 of the body portion l, as shown in Fig. 2. The fashioning strips 2 are separated from the end portions 4 of the main body portion 1 by slits 14,v and during the manufactureuof the blank shown in Fig. 2, the longitudinal elastic threads 13 are woven into the knitted network. succes-V sively throughout the length of the blank shown in Fig. 2, until Athe slits 14 are reached. At this point in the production of the blank,

two longitudinal threads 13L are' insertedV which extend through the central widened portionv 3 of the blank and terminate at ther inner ends of the slits 14, while theV knitted stitches comprising the two threads 15 and 1G, the thread 15 being knitted into the last row of stitches or thread, 18, of the end portion 4, and the thread 16 being knitted into the first row of stitches or thread 19 ofthe fashioning strips 2.

After the blank shown in F 2 has been produced with the network of knitted stitches closing the slits 14 as just described, the threads 15 and 1G are removed from the slots 14. Before this is done, however, it is necessary to remove the first elastic thread 13b of each fashioning strip 2 adjacent the slits 14, and reinsert it into the loops of the thread 19 of the knitted fabric, 17. This is necessary for the reason that., as each'longitudinal elastic thread is inserted in a horizontal row of knitted stitches, the longitudinal elastic thread extends horizontally through the loops which extend downwardly from the next knitted thread above. Therefore, it will bey seen that if the threads 15 and 16 are removed from the slits 14, tlie lowermost thread 15C of the body portion 1 will remain in the loops of the thread 18 and thus prevent unraveling, while the uppermost elastic thread 13b of the fashioning strips 2 will not extend through the loops of the thread 19 of the knitted fabric, thus permitting the unraveling of the thread 19 and the successive knitted threads engaged therewith of the fashioning strips 2 (see F 3). To avoid this unraveling of the knitted fabric of the fashioning strips 2, before cutting or removing the threads 15 and 16 from the slits 14, I remove the up-` per elastic thread 13b of each fashioning strip-2 and reinsert this thread 13b so that it will extend throughV the loops of the thread 19 when the threads 15 and 16; are

removed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5; Fig. 4 showingthereinserted thread 13b before the removal ofthe'threads 15 and 16 from the slit 14, and Fig. 5 showing the position of the'thread 13b in the loops of the. thread 19 after the relnoval of the threads 15 and lti from the slit 14.

After the blank has been produced as just described, the finishing pieces 8 and 10 are sewed on to the ends of thebody portion 1, and the fashioning strips 2 respectively, and the stays 5 and 7 are sewed on to thebody portion to produce my complete abdominal belt or supporter.

Having thus described my invention, I'

clamu 1. An abdominal belt or supporter comprising an elongated body portion having a central portion wider than the end portions, fashioning strips forming continuations'of the wide central portion of the bodyportion, and means for securing the ends of the strips to the body portion, said body portion.

and said fashioning strips being composed oflongitudinal elastic threads woven into a fabric of knitted threads, saidelastic threads extending continuously through the wide central portion of the body portion and through the fashioning strips forming continuations thereof, and said fabric of knitted threads extending continuously from top to bottom of the wide central portion of the body portion.

2. An abdominal belt or supporter comprising an elongated body portion having a central portion wider than the end portions, fashioning strips forming continuations of the wide central portion of the body portion, and means for securing the ends of the strips to the body portion, said body portion and said fashioning strips being composed of longitudinal elastic threads woven into a fabric of knitted threads, said elastic threads extending continuously through the wide central portion of the body portion and through the fashioning strips forming continuations thereof, said fabric of knitted ARTHUR B. KENDRIGK.

Witnesses J. VILLIAM KENDRIGK, SAMUEL SADDINGTON. 

